Custom Class with unknown quantity and types of objects in json string

Question

I have created the following public class colModelClass so I can deserialize the colModel string for my jqgrid

public class colModelClass
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string index { get; set; }
    public string jsonmap { get; set; }
    public bool editable { get; set; }
    public bool sortable { get; set; }
    public int width { get; set; }
    public string align { get; set; }
    public bool hidden { get; set; }
    public string sorttype { get; set; }
    public string formatter { get; set; }
    public string formatoptions { get; set; }
}

The problem is, formatoptions isn't a string. It is a json object with an unlimited number of possible items. Not only can it contain each standard formatoptions item that ships with jqgrid, but it can contain custom options as well.

Which Type do I use for formatoptions that will allow an object like this:

{ "srcformat": "m/d/Y", "newformat": "m/d/Y" }

or this

{ "decimalSeparator":".","thousandsSeparator":"," }

or any other number and combination of options (that won't require me to update my class if I add additional options)?

Or, how do I create a formatoptionsClass class that will accept any string, bool, int, etc so it can build the class dynamically?

Answer 1

Like I said in comment - put it as Object.

Answer 2

You must specify the datatype as 'Object' for unknown types and especially for JSON object.